Description

Set well back from the road, this home has generous space for family activities. It features a large living/dining room, a family room (with 40'' HDTV/DVD) that is open to the new kitchen. The sizable master bedroom encompasses a comfortable sitting area for quiet laptop time or viewing a second TV/DVD. On the second floor is a playroom/office with new skylights and in the basement you will find a well-lit ping-pong room.

The house is fully air-conditioned for dryness and comfort.

The one-acre yard provides plenty of running around room as well as privacy and relaxation on the patio.

The neighborhood is low traffic and quiet - great for children, bikes, and walking.

Accommodation Specifics:

On the first floor there are three bedrooms off a central hall. The master bedroom with a queen-size bed has its own comfortable sitting area, a second TV/DVD, a large bright bath and a walk-in closet. The corner bedroom with a salt water motif has a queen sleigh bed. The third bedroom has a pencil post queen bed and art showing the lakes and mountains of New England. These two bedrooms share a modern bath on the hall.

The fourth bedroom is on the second floor and holds twin beds. It offers a large bath with a stall shower. These rooms are connected to the playroom/office with its well-stocked library, a work table and lots of puzzles and games for all ages.

The kitchen, which has been renovated recently offers all new appliances and is fully set up for extensive cooking or just warming up some delicious local ''take out'' dishes. It is open to the family room with its gas fireplace, large TV (with NESN for Red Sox baseball). New skylights keep the room bright, breezy, and cheerful. There is an additional small dining table.

The large (24' x 24') open living/dining room has an expandable table which seats 8 - 10 easily. Nearby is a good-sized drop-leaf table for supplementary dining or puzzle set-up.

Outside on the patio is an umbrella table and 6 chairs. We offer both gas and charcoal grills.

We subscribe to a tick Reduction Program to minimize the possibility of coming into contact with the critters on our fully maintained lawns and gardens. Flower-cutting is encouraged for your enjoyment and we are well stocked with vases.

Finally, an enclosed outdoor shower has been added this year.

Please note that all linens, beach umbrella, chairs and towels plus ''end-of-stay'' cleaning expense are included in the rental price.

Proximity to Chatham Attractions:

Chatham is surrounded on three sides by salt water, providing 8 expansive and varied beaches; several abut National Seashore which is untouched by development and easily accessible to the public. These beaches provide the best beach walking and exploring on the New England Coast. The best swimming is at Harding's and nearby Pleasant Bay/Jackknife beaches. The best seal watching is at Lighthouse/South beach, and sunbathing is everywhere. Our outdoor shower will wash the sand from your toes.

Chatham is a small town geographically, measuring 5 miles East-to-West and North-to-South. It does not take long to get anywhere. A unique town, at the elbow of Cape cod offers 11 Town Landings for boat launching, two are less than 4 minutes from the house. Fishing is terrific as is whale-watching.

The Cape Cod Rail Trail offers a paved trail from Yarmouth to Wellfleet (t a fabulous French restaurant and bakery) through wooded and salt marsh scenery. It is easily accessed from the house at the airport, about a 10 min. ride.

Downtown Chatham (about 6 min. drive) offers diverse and original shops and restaurants, a new village movie theater, live summer stock theater, and weekly band concerts. Fresh fish, shellfish, and lobster are plentiful at the two fish markets. If that is not enough, Chatham has its own baseball team with games weekly.

Guest Reviews

We just got back from a week at this beautiful rental home. It was so clean and well appointed and had so many amenities for a perfect vacation. The owner, Susan, is lovely to work with! We were close to Chatham beaches, the Brewster pond that our kids loved and many other towns to explore and visit. The yard was relaxing and inviting and she had beach gear, linens and a well stocked kitchen to help with packing less! We highly recommend this house for your Chatham vacation!

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Date of Stay: July 2018

Date Submitted: July 2018

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And Most Lovely Guests! All ship-shape left in perfect condition! Thank you for coming and taking such good care of our house. We hope to see you next year!Susan

We rented this home after family members of ours have rented it in the past. It is a beautifully kept home with all the amenities. It is centrally located to all things Chatham and in a quiet neighborhood setting that is safe for kids to ride their bikes. We loved every minute of our almost month long stay, and we hope to return next year! Thank you, Susan and Kent, for sharing your beautiful home!

We just finished a week long stay in Chatham with our family, and I can't speak highly enough about the beautiful house, location and overall time we had. From the minute we pulled in, we knew we would love this house. The kitchen is gorgeous with plenty of cabinet/counter space and great appliances. We ate dinner outside, and enjoyed the nice patio and yard (and the mother/baby bunny that visits). The neighborhood is great for walking about, and the yard was in fabulous shape. My two little ones had a great time running around and playing. The house was extremely clean, and we loved having the linens/towels there for us to use. I don't have any complaints except that we wish we could have stayed longer!! We can't wait to return. i would recommend this house to anyone looking for a great rental.show moreshow less

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Date of Stay: August 2017

Date Submitted: August 2017

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Hello Amy. What a lovely review - we thank you so much! I'm happy to schedule you in anytime you say for 2018 and hope you could do 2 weeks! Labor Day week is considered "Shoulder Season" and a lower rate if that would fit with your schedule. The July 4 week is at the "In Season" rate and anyone who books before the first of the next year gets this year's rates (I might not be changing them anyway). We'd love to have you return!Susan

This is a truly wonderful home in a perfect setting and an ideal location. The pictures do not sufficiently reflect the great spaces and comfortable surroundings. Everything one needs for a peaceful retreat or a non-stop vacation is at your fingertips.

There are beach towels, umbrellas and chairs, as well as sand toys and lawn chairs. There are puzzles and books and loads of information on things to do in the Cape. There is privacy and there is plenty of room for gathering.

/>Susan's home is beautifully decorated, impeccably maintained and in a lovely neighborhood. It is convenient to local beaches and the village of Chatham, yet only a short drive to the National Seashore.

In planning our stay, Susan was very accessible and responsive.

This is the quintessential Cape Cod vacation home, complete with an outstanding outdoor shower.Thank you for an exceptional experience.show moreshow less

We are a family of four (two girls ages 4 and 7) from central Massachusetts and were joined by my parents and sister from Canada who stayed for four days. This beautiful home was perfect to accommodate all of us. The house is spotless and the kitchen is amazing. The outdoor area is beautifully landscaped and was a great place to relax after a day at the beach. We used the grill almost daily to cook the fresh fish we bought from the local fish market.

The house is in a great location, close to downtown Chatham, grocery store and the Old Schoolhouse ice cream shop (which has soft serve for those with nut allergies). We enjoyed Hardings Beach (a short 10 minute drive from the home), but Corporation Beach on the bay side in Dennis (25 minutes away) was our favorite with calm water for swimming and tide pools for collecting hermit crabs. We also enjoyed a trip to the Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary where we caught fiddler and hermit crabs on the guided seashore ramble. We even managed to find time for tie-dye Wednesday at the First Congregational Church in Chatham.

The entire family agreed it was the best vacation ever, and Susan and Kent's beautiful and comfortable home made it even better. We can't wait to come back.show moreshow less

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Date of Stay: August 2016

Date Submitted: August 2016

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Thank you, Beth, for such a glowing review. It is not only helpful to know what makes the house a good rental, but you provided wonderful ideas for what to do and how to have fun on the Cape. Well done!Susan

We rented this magnificent home for our daughter's wedding. The owner could not have been more welcoming, and the house was more beautiful than the pictures would suggest. Our eldest daughter was married from this home and it will be a part of wonderful memories forever.

We are a family of 4 with 2 girls ages 7 and 9 from outside of Boston. We had a wonderful stay at your house. We were very comfortably setup (more than enough space) for sleeping, cooking, hanging out putting together puzzles (yes, we finished the 1000 piece baseball puzzle!). The central air and the living room music system were great as well as your helpful binder full of suggestions and info.

My mom came to stay one night and couldn't stop complimenting on the property, inside and outside. She adored your home for all the thoughtful details and care you put into it.

Your house is conveniently located, 10 mins to Chatham center, which is so pretty and has everything a family needs - many restaurants, cute shops, art sales on the lawn, and the gorgeous views by the Inn! We went to Ridgevale and Nauset beaches as well as couple of ponds (Goosebeck is a hidden gem). We had fun biking on the rail trail, go-cart racing, and fishing at the pond as well.

This house is perfectly stocked, and there was everything that we could hope for. The kitchen had everything, plenty of towels and beach stuff too. The house was in great condition, and the yard was very spacious. The only slight downside was: 1) 2 out of the 4 bedrooms were tiny, 2) any running around in the upstairs could be heard by all. Very slight things and would stay again regardless

Our family enjoyed a great vacation at this lovely home. You can tell the difference between rental properties that are just for investment and those where the owners spend time. This property really has just about everything you could need. We, along with our two adult daughters, spouses and 18mo old grandson enjoyed being able to spread out in the spacious house and yard. The yard is peaceful and quiet. We enjoyed seeing bunnies and a family of wild turkeys crossing the grass. The outdoor shower is a special extra. Our guys had several rousing Ping-Pong tournaments. We had a nice hike on Monomoy Island, and enjoyed the National Seashore, Jackknife and Children's beaches in Chatham. The town is great and we loved the Chatham Pier where we saw the fishermen unloading their catch and seals swimming close by in hopes of a treat! We ate well enjoying local scallops and crab cakes we cooked at the house. We grilled several times on the nice gas grill, and enjoyed a fabulous meal at Buca's. Susan and Kent are easy to work with. We had a little problem with the air-conditioning. They had a serviceman at the house within a day and the problem was taken care of promptly.

We searched for a home to accommodate us and our adult kids for a family reunion of sorts, and this home proved to be the perfect center of operations for our wonderful week on the Cape. Many a laugh-filled cocktail hour was spent on the patio watching the birds and other creatures at the feeders. We especially enjoyed the well-equipped kitchen for whipping up meals to eat at home -- our lobster feed was most memorable -- as well as picnics to take to the beach. We journeyed to P-town for dinner one night and had a couple of great meals at the Chatham Squire. Especially enjoyed the boat trip to Monomoy to check out the seals and to the beautiful National Seashore beaches -- Nauset Light and Coast Guard. We didn't really want for anything -- even beach towels were provided. We look forward to returning to this home.show moreshow less